perhaps a hash of arrays is what you want:
if ($line=~(/^\[\[(\w+)\]\]/)){
$HASH{$1} = [];
}
and you reference the array like
push @{ $HASH{'text'} }, "someinfo";
or anyother array functions.
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: generating arrays on the fly
>
>
> hi,
>
> what I'm wanting to do is generate an array named after a
> string that is
> found in a text file.
>
> i.e something like this:
> if ($line=~(/^\[\[(\w+)\]\]/)){
> @$1=(); #this is the line I want to acheive my aim with!
> }
>
> I know the syntax is wrong, but hopefully it explains what
> I'm trying to
> do, any clues?
>
> thanks,
> Adrian
>
>
>
>
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